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Classical Highlights for July 2025

The important thing to a very good recording is one thing that basically engages the listener with out the visible facet of seeing a efficiency stay or on movie. This month there have been many albums that stood out as one thing value listening to, with music starting from the medieval age to the 2020s.

Among the many stage works that also come off as thrilling in a strictly aural model are Bartók’s opera Bluebeard’s Citadel performed by Karina Canellakis and Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloe ballet performed by Aziz Shokhakimov. Le Miroir de Musique (pictured) demonstrates the flexibility of Binchois’ writing, whereas Barbara Hannigan and colleagues merge medieval chants with electronics. Sven Helbig has composed a robust requiem addressing the optimism it takes to outlast the results of struggle. And people are simply a number of the selections.

July Classical Reviews
July Classical Opinions

Roberto Abbado, Münchner Rundfunkorchester – Brahms: Ungarische Tanze

Giovanni Antonini, Kammerorchester Basel – Haydn 2032, No. 17: Per il Luigi

Attacca Quartet – Ravel: String Quartet

Joseph Bastian – Amy Seashore

Mariam Batsashvili – Influences

Ingar Bergby, Norwegian Radio Orchestra – Karsten Brustad: Ylg, hof, Udjat! – Concert events for soloists and orchestra

Arthur Bliss – Bliss: The Composer Conducts

Gábor Bretz, Rinat Shaham, Karina Canellakis, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra – Bartók: Duke Bluebeard’s Citadel

Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra, Skip Sempé – Dowland: Lachrimae

Helen Charlston, Sounds Baroque – If the Fates Permit: Music by Purcell and His Contemporaries

Nicholas Collon, Christian Tetzlaff, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Sibelius: Symphony No. 5; Two Serenades; Two Severe Melodies; Swanwhite

Neal Davies, Ellie Laugharne, Derek Clark – Gilbert & Sullivan: Utopia, Restricted, or The Flowers of Progress; Sullivan: King Arthur

Jarred Dunn, Anna Górecka – Górecki’s World of the Piano

Tobias Feldmann, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Reinhard Goebel – Mozart’s Journey to Paris

Nicholas Finch, Noulou Chamber Gamers – Cellostatus

Edward Gardner, Nicky Spence, London Philharmonic Orchestra – Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem; Winter Phrases; The Prince of the Pagodas

Edward Gardner, London Philharmonic Orchestra- Dvorák: Symphony No. 7; Schumann: Symphony No. 2

Edward Gardner, Malin Byström, Katarina Dalayman – Strauss: Salome

Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru – Church of Kidane Mehret

Tuija Hakkila – Kaija Saariaho: Touches – Full Works for Piano and Harpsichord

Barbara Hannigan, Katia & Marielle Labèque, David Chalmin – Electrical Fields

Anita Hartig, Kang Wang, Ivan Repušić- Puccini: Le Villi

Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Martin Helmchen – From Japanese Europe

Pablo Heras-Casado, Max Urlacher, Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir, Freiburger Barockorchester – Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachtstraum

Angela Hewitt – Mozart: Piano Sonatas K457, K533, K545, K570 & K576

David Hill, Durham Cathedral Choir, Daniel Cook dinner – Herbert Howells: Psalms and Psalm Preludes

Mayumi Hirasaki, Akademie für Alte Musik, Georg Kallweit – Corelli: Concerti grossi, Op. 6, 1-6

Neeme Järvi, Estonian Nationwide Symphony Orchestra – Wilhelm Furtwängler: Symphony No. 2

Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Sharon Prushansky- Franz Schubert: Winterreise

Pavel Kolesnikov, Samson Tsoy – Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps; Ravel: Ma mère l’Oye

Magdalena Kozená, Mitsuko Uchida – L’extase: Debussy & Messiaen

Denis Kozhukhin – Somnia

London Oratory Schola Cantorum, Charles Cole – Sacred Treasures of Rome

Magnificat – Orlandus Lassus: The Alchemist, Vol. 2

Roberta Mameli – The Ghosts of Hamlet: Misplaced Arias from Italian Baroque Operas

Adrian Mantu, Dermot Dunne – Cello, Accordion, Eire

Sebastian Manz, Theo Plath, Felix Klieser – Beethoven & Kreutzer: Septets

Philip Mead, Zubin Kanga, Heather Roche, Carla Rees – Simon Emmerson: Sound Round – Each close to and much directly

Anne Akiko Meyers, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel – Philip Glass: Violin Concerto

Le Miroir de Musique, Baptiste Romain – Gilles Binchois: Loyal Memento – Sacred Works, Chansons…

Neave Trio – La Mer: French Piano Trios

New School Choir, Oxford; Robert Quinney – William Mundy: Vox patris caelestis

Kazushi Ono, Brussels Philharmonic – Scriabin: Symphony No. 3 (“Le Divin Poème”)

Steven Osborne – Schubert: Moments Musicaux D780; Piano Sonata in A significant D959

Daniel Ottensamer, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Stephan Koncz – Brahms/Koncz: Sonatas for Clarinet and Orchestra

La Palatine, Marie Théoleyre, Guillaume Haldenwang – Dolce concento: Les Italiens à Paris sous Louis XIV

René Pape, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Staatskapelle Dresden, Martin Lehmann – Sven Helbig: Requiem A

Fülöp Ránki – Liszt: Legends, Prayers, Poems, Waltzes

Dario Salvi, Janácek Philharmonic Ostrava – Auber: Overtures, Vol. 8

Alon Sariel, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens – Vienna Mandolin Tales

Jordi Savall, Le Live performance des Nations – Symphonies oubliées: Schumann – Symphonie g-Moll “Zwickauer”; Bruckner – Symphonie d-Moll “Nullte”

Gernot Schmalfuss, Evergreen Symphony Orchestra – Franz Lachner: Symphony No. 4; Andante for Brass Ensemble

La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler – Crossing Borders

Aziz Shokhakimov, Choeur Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg – Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé

Nikolay Shugaev, Tyumen Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Medianik – Weinberg: Full Music for Cello & Orchestra

Yevgeny Sudbin – Scriabin: Vers la flamme

Masaaki Suzuki, Miku Yasukawa, Jochen Kupfer – Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem

Carlo Tenan, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra – Bartók, Enescu, Kodály, Martinu

Ryo Terakado, Fabio Bonizzoni – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonatas for violin and harpsichord

Theatro, Brian Kay – Play, Music! Songs from Shakespeare’s Performs

Numerous Artists – Arvo Pärt: Silentium

Numerous Artists – Shostakovich Discoveries: World Premiere Recordings & Rarities

Carlo Vistoli, Hugh Slicing, William Christie, Les Arts Florissants – Nei giardini d’amore: Baroque arias for two alti

Kitty Whately, Edwige Herchenroder – Horizons: French Mélodies

John Wilson, Sinfonia of London – Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1; Symphonic Dances

Yale Schola Cantorum, David Hill – Judith Weir: Within the Land of Uz; Amy Seashore: The Canticle of the Solar

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